By Crasterfarian Many people who visit Alnmouth and walk the river’s edge by the old Ferry hut have no idea of the cataclysmic events that happened… Read More »The Christmas Storm That Moved a River — Alnmouth, 1806
By Crasterfarian No matter where you grow up, there are placenames that are synonymous with the area. Some are correct to the OS mapping, but some… Read More »The Lost Language of the Craster Coast
By Thomas Bainbridge The figure of Horatio Nelson has perhaps cast the greatest shadow in all of English history. His leadership during a period of peril… Read More »The Geordie Admiral: Forgotten Hero of Trafalgar
By Crasterfarian Old photographs have a habit of making you stop and think. I saw these two stunning images on the Craster FB group, posted by… Read More »Two Ships, One Rock — The Wrecks of the Matilda and Ignatz Breum
By Crasterfarian When most people think of Craster they picture kippers, the harbour and Dunstanburgh Castle. Few realise that for many years it was also a… Read More »Craster Harbour Loading Bins — A Forgotten Feat of Engineering
By Crasterfarian “Oh, I’d love to see something like that.” That’s what you hear when you post a stunning relic of any description from around the… Read More »The Ghosts of Rome Among Us
By Thomas Bainbridge Through the study of history, the fog of the past sometimes clears so we may catch a glimmer of distant events, but never… Read More »The Fight for the Old North and the Seeds of Northumbria
By Crasterfarian I mek nee wonder people get lost up here, mind, it’s a canny place to lose yourself. But howay, three places that sound almost… Read More »The Fyrd and the -ingham Settlements
By Crasterfarian The more I read and write about history, the more I understand that what we are left with in today’s landscape are simply ghosts… Read More »Joining The Dots On Our Landscape
By Crasterfarian For as long as I can remember I’ve trotted up and doon the Coast Road, either for pleasure or for work. As I’ve headed… Read More »Gannin the Widdy Way
